Newsom Slams Universities for Selling Souls to Trump in Multimillion-Dollar Federal Funding Deals

California Governor Gavin Newsom has criticized major universities, including Columbia and Brown, for agreeing to multimillion-dollar settlements with the Trump administration in exchange for federal funding, labeling them as 'selling their souls'. The criticism comes after the governors of several states announced that they would not accept any federal funds allocated under the Trump administration's Higher Education Reconciliation Act. Newsom believes that these universities are compromising their values and academic freedom by accepting the funding. The governor's comments reflect his opposition to the administration's education policies.